Today began normal enough. I usually experience favor, but today's favor was different. I awoke with a song whose title I didn't know ringing in my mind. War, war, war this life is a ... Carousel? Battleground? Soon I had the song playing and the full lyrics stirred me greatly. They were just another reminder that everyday there is work to be done. Everyday I have to insist on dying so that Christ can live through me. This life is a battlefield. While I was having my musical moment, I saw my bus coming but I didn't have the light. I trusted God that I didn't have to "bend" the rules for his favor, and as I saw the bus roll by I continued to trust. Today I was determined to make it to work on time. God is teaching me about honoring people, including my employers. I hadn't even made it to the bus stop when the express version of the previous bus pulled up. I jumped on with a broad smile on my face and said, "I didn't even know you ran this late...
Adventures in following the living God.